On America's Post-Cold War UN Policy

Of all the bilateral relations between the United Nations and its member states, the relationship between it and the United States are undoubtedly the most important. To study this bilateral relationship will provide us with an inside look at the political environment in which the United Nations operates and the role it plays in world politics, especially in maintaining world peace and security.In this article, starting from the biggest objective factor-the unipolar world order with the United Sates standing out of all the other powers-and the biggest subjective factor-the traditional diplomatic thoughts of the United States, the author tries to analyze various disagreements and arguments about the United Nations in America, especially between the Whitehouse and the Congress, so as to bring to light the reason why the United States can't have or implement a stable and clear-cut UN policy. By trying to locate the United Nations in the global hegemon strategy of the United States, the author put on exposure the essence of America's UN policy: the United States is striving to lead and dominate the United Nations and using it as a means to materialize its global hegemon dream. The United States' hegemonic status in the United Nations and the world as well as its selective use of the United Nations has led to the unstable relationship between them two.Peng Douyi (International Politics) Directed by Professor Li Tiecheng...